Reply With QuoteWhy return it to Germany if it is going to Linz museum in Austria?
And Germans might even burn the book before it ends in museum... dem Zermans have done it before you know
WWII veteran had Hitler’s art book on bookshelf
Article continued at http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/20...096801-ap.htmlWWII veteran had Hitler’s art book on bookshelf
By Jamie Stengle - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS (AP) — After fighting his way across Europe during World War II, John Pistone was among the U.S. soldiers who entered Adolf Hitler’s home nestled in the Bavarian Alps as the war came to a close.
Making his way through the Berghof, Hitler’s home near Berchtesgaden, Germany, Pistone noticed a table with shelves underneath. Exhilarated by the certainty of victory over the Nazis, Pistone took an album filled with photographs of paintings as a souvenir.
“It was really a great feeling to be there and we knew, by that time, he was on his last leg,” Pistone told The Associated Press.
Sixty-four years after Pistone brought the album home to Ohio, the 87-year-old has learned its full significance: It’s part of a series compiled for Hitler featuring art he wanted for his “Fuhrermuseum,” a planned museum in Linz, Austria, Hitler’s hometown.
Pistone’s album is expected to be formally returned to Germany in a ceremony at the U.S. State Department in January. Germany has 19 other albums discovered at the Berchtesgaden complex that are part of a 31-album collection of works either destined for or being considered for the Linz museum.
Why return it to Germany if it is going to Linz museum in Austria?
And Germans might even burn the book before it ends in museum... dem Zermans have done it before you know
what a ticklish problem. What to do with a sketchbook by Uncle Adolf, looted from his home at the end of the war?
I mean..it's not like it as the Mona Lisa, or some culturally important item that was looted is it? I mean the drawings were done by Mr. Hitler, the mastermind of the Holocaust and a war that killed millions of people and disrupted lives, destroyed entire cities.
On the other hand it was looted. I mean if you auction the stuff off, it might go to the hands of neo nazis who worship Hitler.
Tough call, IMO.
Originally Posted by commanding
well.. it has not pictures by him in it but photos of pictures he wanted to have in his planned führermuseum in linz. with names of the images and artists and so on.. today the names of the images and artists are knownfrom lists but not how many of these looked like. these albums can help to fill the gap and identify images stolen by the nazis etc since some might have been sold under different names and are now in museums or private collections
Was he in the 101st?
101 Screaming Eagles
what specific unit?
AS an old retired member of the 101, I would have rather burned the book than return it (personal reasons...that's just me)....But, I understand why it was returned....to the preservation of history...afterall, history good or bad, is still history...and owned by all human kind.
Hate to break it everyone's BoB heart, but 3ID, Rock of the Marne, was the first to reach Berchtesgaden.
"The ceremony preserved history by making history—the plaque is the first to recognize an American unit for its WWII accomplishments in Germany, and in a location of tremendous significance—the Obersalzberg. The 3rd Infantry Division made history 63 years ago when, after 2 years and 9 months of combat, soldiers of the 7th Infantry Regiment, along with attachments, under orders from Division Commander, Major General “Iron Mike” O’ Daniel, won the race to reach the last significant Nazi war symbol and entered Berchtesgaden shortly before 1600 hours on 4 May 1945; the original flag ceremony took place the next day. Last month’s Marne Trail ceremony made history by bringing Americans and Germans together on this special anniversary.
In her keynote speech, Captain Stoy honored the veterans’ accomplishments and the division’s grand achievement, and paid special tribute to the close and important relationship between Germany and the United States, and between Bavaria and the US Army, and between German and American people. She described the relationship as one that developed after WWII, characterized by mutual respect and admiration and critical to victory in the Cold War. “The 3rd Infantry Division’s entry into Berchtesgaden signaled the end of the greatest evil to befall mankind in the 20th century, as well as the long national nightmare of the German people,” said Captain Stoy.“It also signaled the beginning of a partnership and a friendship between the United States and Germany,” she said, adding that “this partnership proved to be indispensable in the West’s ability to defend freedom from totalitarianism.”
Captain Stoy concluded her speech by stating that the German-American relationship “…continues to be indispensable as Europe and the United States face the myriad challenges of the 21st century. It is a partnership that grew from the shared sacrifices of the Cold War, but is based on the true friendship that developed between American soldiers and the German people who were their hosts here.” The speech was translated into German by Lieutenant Colonel Tim Stoy, who also narrated the ceremony.
The memorial plaque visibly testifies to the division’s hard-won battle honor of liberating Berchtesgaden, a fact erroneously called into question in Stephen Ambrose’s book Band of Brothers which inaccurately the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment with that honor. Regrettably, the book’s 2001 HBO mini-series the inaccuracy to the American public. Now, the Obersalzberg Marne Trail ceremony sets the record straight"
Along with a French unit, IIRC there either was some mix-up between the town of Berchstesgaden and Hitler's Berghof resort or the US commander invited Leclerc's troops to be the first to enter the Berghof.
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